Jeremiah 11:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”
Jeremiah 11:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 11:19 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 11:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.””
Jeremiah 11:19 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 11:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. ”
Jeremiah 11:19 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 11:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I <FI>am<Fi> as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.”
Jeremiah 11:19 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 11:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I was like a tame lamb [that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, [saying,] Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. ”
Jeremiah 11:19 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 11:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But I was like a lambe, or a bullocke, that is brought to the slaughter, and I knewe not that they had deuised thus against me, saying, Let vs destroy the tree with the fruite thereof, and cut him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name may be no more in memory.”
Jeremiah 11:19 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 11:19 in Context — Jeremiah 11
17 For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:
What Does Jeremiah 11:19 Mean?
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